Natural Science

The New Cartographers

Faculty across the arts and sciences are navigating the new world of big data.

Between Critique and Action

The Penn Program in Environmental Humanities promotes interdisciplinary, collaborative teaching and learning with real-world impacts.

A Home Without Running Water Is No Home at All

Howard Neukrug, Professor of Practice in Earth and Environmental Science and Executive Director of The Water Center at Penn, on the importance of providing safe and plentiful water to all citizens.

A Conversation With the College Dean

Paul Sniegowski, Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College and Professor of Biology, discusses adapting during a challenging time.

Out of their Elements

Chemistry faculty adapt to working remotely as the coronavirus stifles lab activity.

Fruit Fly Love Songs

Yun Ding, Assistant Professor of Biology, studies the courtship behavior of fruit flies to learn how genes and brains evolve to change animal behaviors.

Math, String Theory, and Lincoln Center (Video)

In the video “Quintessentially Science Fiction,” Math’s Eugenio Calabi reflects on his life, his impact on math and physics, and how “learning is a digestive process.”

Space, Time, and Laboratories

The long history of David Rittenhouse Lab

The Mutualistic Relationship Between Ants and Acacias

Scott Poethig of Biology and Aaron Leichty, GR’18, examine the factors that govern the development of the acacia’s ant-sustaining traits.

Minds In The Wild

As part of an effort from MindCORE to get research out of the lab and into the community, the research group of behavioral psychologist Elizabeth Brannon spent the summer conducting two studies at the Academy of Natural Sciences to better understand how children learn.